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    The Evaluation of a Simulated Interprofessional Education Session Between Dietetics and Acting Students
    (2025-08-18) Lyles, Alison L.; Scott, Marion
    Introduction: This paper evaluates a simulated interprofessional education (IPE) session that brought together dietetic and acting students to explore the development of communication skills and collaborative practice through role‐play consultations. Designed to foster experiential learning, the session enabled dietetics students to practice patient‐centred communication while acting students portrayed patients based on character briefs and offered feedback from a service‐user perspective. Methods: The session aimed to enhance empathy, rapport‐building, and professional adaptability across both disciplines. Evaluation data were collected via a structured questionnaire completed by 17 dietetic and 5 acting students, assessing areas including skill development, interprofessional collaboration, and session impact. Results: Results indicated high satisfaction, with 100% of participants rating the session positively and reporting gains in communication, teamwork, and understanding of interdisciplinary roles. Both groups valued the opportunity to apply their respective skills in a realistic, low‐risk setting, highlighting the benefits of including nontraditional disciplines in IPE. Recommendations for future iterations include expanding scenario diversity and providing more time for practice and feedback. Conclusion: Overall, the session was found to be an effective and engaging method of supporting communication competence and mutual learning between healthcare and performing arts students.
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    Nutritional screening and assessment of paediatric cancer patients: A quality improvement project (baseline results)
    (European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020-04-14) Glatt, Dominique; Hughes, Caoimhe; McCarthy, Orlaith; O'Shea, Fiona; Brougham, Mark F. H.; Wilson, David C.; Revuelta-Iniesta, Raquel
    The department of Haematology and Oncology at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (RHSC) in Edinburgh have developed their own nutritional standards specific to paediatric cancer. We aimed to audit the current nutritional practice in anthropometry, nutritional biochemistry and malnutrition screening for paediatric cancer patients against nutritional standards to identify areas for nutritional-practice improvement and progress nutrition-related clinical outcomes. A Clinical audit was conducted >20 weeks between 2015 and 2017 in three data collection locations (inpatient (IP), day-care (DC), or outpatient (OP)) at RHSC. We included patients aged 0-18 years and undergoing treatment for diagnosed malignant childhood cancer (ICCC-3 or Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis). Data were collected by analysing documentation and observing clinical practice for frequency and mode of administration of anthropometry, malnutrition screening, nutritional biochemistry and resulting documentation completion. Results were presented as descriptive statistics and stratified by percentage of standard met (100%, 99-70%, <70%). 185 audited patient records (22 IP, 54 DC and 109 OP) were analysed. The areas which were <70% of the standard were: height and weight documentation for DC; head-circumference for IP; arm anthropometry assessment for all locations; initial PYMS screening and re-screening in IP; malnutrition screening in DC and OP; and initial assessment and re-assessment for serum vitamins D, A, E, B and parathyroid hormone levels. Baseline nutritional practice was successfully established, identifying areas for practice improvement in the RHSC Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Department; this will be implemented in the next step of the audit to optimise patient care. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2020 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.]